Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 48, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 17, 2011, 2:01 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2011, 2:01 PM AKDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2011, 2:01 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 FZAK52 PAFG 172201 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 201 PM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-181400- 201 PM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 940 MB LOW 250 NM SW OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 600 NM WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND BY 4 AM AKDT SATURDAY WEAKENING TO 967 MB. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL APPROACH DALL POINT AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO THE BERING STRAIT FRIDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-181400- NORTON SOUND- 201 PM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER NOON. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-181400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 201 PM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...EXCEPT E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. SE WINDS 25 KT ELSEWHERE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 40 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-181400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 201 PM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-181400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 201 PM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ DA/CB MAR 11
2 follow-up statements
130 FZAK52 PAFG 181039 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 AM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-190145- 239 AM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 948 MB LOW NEAR ATTU IN THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN TO BE A 970 MB LOW 400 NM NORTH OF ATTU AT 10 AM SAT. A LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE A 965 MB LOW JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS AT 4 PM SAT. 1032 MB HIGH OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR OF ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY OF CANADA BY SAT AM. $$ PKZ200-190145- NORTON SOUND- 239 AM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING E 40 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-190145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 AM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-190145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 AM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 45 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-190145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 AM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 45 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ TF/SDB MAR 11
155 FZAK52 PAFG 182201 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 201 PM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-191315- 201 PM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 960 MB LOW 100 NM NORTH OF ATTU WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN TO BE A 970 MB LOW 400 NM NORTH OF ATTU AT 10 AM SAT. A DEVELOPING LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE A 967 MB LOW JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS AT 4 AM SUN. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA ON SUN. $$ PKZ200-191315- NORTON SOUND- 201 PM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-191315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 201 PM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ215-191315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 201 PM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-191315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 201 PM AKDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ CB/RT MAR 11
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 17, 3:22 AM AKDT, 10 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 3:22 AM AKDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 322 AM AKDT THU MAR 17 2011 .DISCUSSION... STORM CENTER ABOUT 400 NM SE OF THE KAMCHATKA TIP IS PROBABLY AT OR NEAR MIN CENTRAL PRES...LIKELY BELOW 940 MB. CURRENT MODELS SHOWING SIMILAR TRACK THROUGH 12Z SAT...STORM FILLING TO AROUND 968 MB NEAR OR S OF CAPE OLYUTORSKY BY 12Z SAT. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY FRI AFTERNOON WHEN IT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH DALL POINT AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. LIKELIHOOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING APPEARS TO BE REMOTE. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS SYSTEM OVER WEST COAST AREAS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHT. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH...BUT THERE IS HIGH UNCERTAINTY ON THE TRACK AND TIMING DUE TO DIFFERING MODEL SOLUTIONS. GFS/NAM ARE CONSIDERABLY FASTER AND KEEPING THE LOW MUCH DEEPER THAN THE EUROPEAN AND GEM RUNS. UPPER RIDGE NOW OVER THE WEST COAST WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD...REACHING THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA BY EARLY SUN. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE INTERIOR CLIMBING TO THE 20S TO NEAR 30 BY SUN...CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEK. PATCHY STRATUS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC... SATELLITE SHOWING REFROZEN LEADS ALONG MUCH OF THE ARCTIC COAST. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && RF MAR 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:01 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.